Timeline: Major shooting incidents in the United States

Following are some of the worst such incidents in the United States in 2012:

April 2 - A gunman kills seven people and wounds three in a shooting rampage at a Christian college in Oakland.

July 20 - A masked gunman kills 12 people and wounds 58 when he opens fire on moviegoers at a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.

August 5 - A gunman kills six people during Sunday services at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, before he is shot dead by a police officer.

August 24 - Two people are killed and eight wounded in a shooting outside the landmark Empire State Building in New York City at the height of the tourist season.

September 27 - A disgruntled former employee kills five people and takes his own life in a shooting rampage at a Minneapolis sign company from which he had been fired.

October 21 - Three people are killed in a Milwaukee area spa including the estranged wife of the suspected gunman, who then killed himself.

December 14 - A shooter opens fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing several people including children.

Very sad that the availablility/abundance of weapons makes it so easy for anyone to obtain. In China, a man armed with a knife injured 22 children. I'm thinking if he had a gun, which is not so easy to get in China, he might have killed 22 children.

Very sad.
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What difference does it make if a Chinese man kills 22 people with a knife or gun? What are you suggesting by posting this information that is sure to turn into a political crap flinging fest?
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Luas:As long as guns exist, crazy or emotionally unstable people will find a way to commit mass shootings.

Banning something will never eliminate it. For example marijuana is illegal, yet is everywhere in this country. Criminals will always find a way to get guns even if they were illegal nationwide.
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Luas:As long as guns exist, crazy or emotionally unstable people will find a way to commit mass shootings.

Badstang08:Banning something will never eliminate it. For example marijuana is illegal, yet is everywhere in this country. Criminals will always find a way to get guns even if they were illegal nationwide.

I'm not saying as long as they are legal to own. I'm saying as long as they exist.

They are accessible enough by illegal means and have been produced in such numbers that the idea of reducing these shootings to nothing or anywhere close to nothing is a stupid fantasy for the foreseeable future.
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Following are some of the worst such incidents in the United States in 2012:

April 2 - A gunman kills seven people and wounds three in a shooting rampage at a Christian college in Oakland.

July 20 - A masked gunman kills 12 people and wounds 58 when he opens fire on moviegoers at a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.

August 5 - A gunman kills six people during Sunday services at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, before he is shot dead by a police officer.

August 24 - Two people are killed and eight wounded in a shooting outside the landmark Empire State Building in New York City at the height of the tourist season.

September 27 - A disgruntled former employee kills five people and takes his own life in a shooting rampage at a Minneapolis sign company from which he had been fired.

October 21 - Three people are killed in a Milwaukee area spa including the estranged wife of the suspected gunman, who then killed himself.

December 14 - A shooter opens fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing several people including children.

Very sad that the availablility/abundance of weapons makes it so easy for anyone to obtain. In China, a man armed with a knife injured 22 children. I'm thinking if he had a gun, which is not so easy to get in China, he might have killed 22 children.

Very sad.

Countries that have a higher murder rate by firearm per 100,000 population:

Considering there are 22 firearms for every 25 people in this country, I'd say we're doing pretty good. Why don't you focus your attention on some countries who actually need it? I just posted 25 countries that have higher murder rates than the US. Pick one.
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Honduras only has 6.2 guns per 100 people and they have 64.83 firearm related deaths per 100,000 people. Please, do explain?
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I could go on, but any intelligent person would get my point. Tell me again how that over-abundance and ease of access to firearms causes such high firearm related deaths again?
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Following are some of the worst such incidents in the United States in 2012:

April 2 - A gunman kills seven people and wounds three in a shooting rampage at a Christian college in Oakland.

July 20 - A masked gunman kills 12 people and wounds 58 when he opens fire on moviegoers at a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.

August 5 - A gunman kills six people during Sunday services at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, before he is shot dead by a police officer.

August 24 - Two people are killed and eight wounded in a shooting outside the landmark Empire State Building in New York City at the height of the tourist season.

September 27 - A disgruntled former employee kills five people and takes his own life in a shooting rampage at a Minneapolis sign company from which he had been fired.

October 21 - Three people are killed in a Milwaukee area spa including the estranged wife of the suspected gunman, who then killed himself.

December 14 - A shooter opens fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing several people including children.

Very sad that the availablility/abundance of weapons makes it so easy for anyone to obtain. In China, a man armed with a knife injured 22 children. I'm thinking if he had a gun, which is not so easy to get in China, he might have killed 22 children.

Very sad.

leer0ybrown:Countries that have a higher murder rate by firearm per 100,000 population:

Considering there are 22 firearms for every 25 people in this country, I'd say we're doing pretty good. Why don't you focus your attention on some countries who actually need it? I just posted 25 countries that have higher murder rates than the US. Pick one.

Mexico? Jamaica? South Africa? Columbia? I don't know the backstory of most of these countries but these statistics don't take into account the backstory of these numbers.

Mexico? Everyone knows what they're going through

Jamaica? Complete crap hole since Britain left them.

South Africa? Just like most African countries, still suffering through the unintended consequences of the Imperialist movement.

Columbia? Still currently the drug capital of the world last I heard, and possibly kidnap capital of the world.

It would be better to compare the US to similar countries. Canada, Britain, Japan, Ireland, whoever.

For example, Japan has 1/10th the violent crime the US has while having 1/3rd the population. Britain can be considered one of the biggest violent crime countries in the world, at least for reported violent crime.
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Badstang08:What difference does it make if a Chinese man kills 22 people with a knife or gun? What are you suggesting by posting this information that is sure to turn into a political crap flinging fest?

Luas:As long as guns exist, crazy or emotionally unstable people will find a way to commit mass shootings.

Badstang08:Banning something will never eliminate it. For example marijuana is illegal, yet is everywhere in this country. Criminals will always find a way to get guns even if they were illegal nationwide.

Criminals, yes. Average Joe that's crazy, most likely not.
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" Ferdinand Porsche

Following are some of the worst such incidents in the United States in 2012:

April 2 - A gunman kills seven people and wounds three in a shooting rampage at a Christian college in Oakland.

July 20 - A masked gunman kills 12 people and wounds 58 when he opens fire on moviegoers at a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.

August 5 - A gunman kills six people during Sunday services at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, before he is shot dead by a police officer.

August 24 - Two people are killed and eight wounded in a shooting outside the landmark Empire State Building in New York City at the height of the tourist season.

September 27 - A disgruntled former employee kills five people and takes his own life in a shooting rampage at a Minneapolis sign company from which he had been fired.

October 21 - Three people are killed in a Milwaukee area spa including the estranged wife of the suspected gunman, who then killed himself.

December 14 - A shooter opens fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing several people including children.

Very sad that the availablility/abundance of weapons makes it so easy for anyone to obtain. In China, a man armed with a knife injured 22 children. I'm thinking if he had a gun, which is not so easy to get in China, he might have killed 22 children.

Very sad.

leer0ybrown:Countries that have a higher murder rate by firearm per 100,000 population:

Considering there are 22 firearms for every 25 people in this country, I'd say we're doing pretty good. Why don't you focus your attention on some countries who actually need it? I just posted 25 countries that have higher murder rates than the US. Pick one.

Luas:Mexico? Jamaica? South Africa? Columbia? I don't know the backstory of most of these countries but these statistics don't take into account the backstory of these numbers.

Mexico? Everyone knows what they're going through

Jamaica? Complete crap hole since Britain left them.

South Africa? Just like most African countries, still suffering through the unintended consequences of the Imperialist movement.

Columbia? Still currently the drug capital of the world last I heard, and possibly kidnap capital of the world.

It would be better to compare the US to similar countries. Canada, Britain, Japan, Ireland, whoever.

For example, Japan has 1/10th the violent crime the US has while having 1/3rd the population. Britain can be considered one of the biggest violent crime countries in the world, at least for reported violent crime.

The back story shouldn't matter. The argument here is that ease of access to firearms is what causes so many gun related deaths. I have clearly just took a giant steamy *** all over that argument.
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Luas:As long as guns exist, crazy or emotionally unstable people will find a way to commit mass shootings.

Badstang08:Banning something will never eliminate it. For example marijuana is illegal, yet is everywhere in this country. Criminals will always find a way to get guns even if they were illegal nationwide.